FOR US BUT WHAT HE CONTINUES TO
DO FOR MILITARY VETERANS.
>> A STATUE FOR A HERO, SULLY
STANDING TALL FOR THE UNVEILING.
THIS BRONZE LIFE SIZE STATUE, A
SYMBOL OF HIS UNWAIVERING
SERVICE TO MY GRANDFATHER.
FIERCELY LOYAL UNTIL THE VERY
END.
>> IT’S WONDERFUL GIVING CREDIT
TO ALL SERVICE DOGS.
BUT EVEN THOUGH SULLY IS A
CELEBRITY SERVICE DOG, I THINK
SO MANY OF OUR CLIENTS SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF THEIR DOG EVERY
TIME THEY SEE SULLY.
>> THESE DOGS ARE TRULY HEROIC.
>> I THINK THEY ARE.
AND I THINK EVERY RECIPIENT THAT
EVER HAD A SERVICE DOG FEELS
THAT THEY ARE HEROES AND THAT
THEIR LIFE CHANGING.
>> I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
CARE AND COMPANIONSHIP SULLY
GAVE OUR PRECIOUS GAMPY, AT A
TIME WHEN HE NEEDED IT MOST.
IN THE MONTHS AFTER HE LOST OUR
GRANDMOTHER BARBARA, HIS BELOVED
WIFE OF 73 YEARS.
SULLY NEVER LEFT HIS SIDE.
TOGETHER THEY SHARED A LIFE OF
SERVICE.
MY GRANDFATHER SERVES OUR
COUNTRY AS A PILOT IN THE U.S.
NAVY AND SULLY, A MEMBER OF
AMERICA’S VET DOGS, A NONPROFIT
THAT PROVIDES SERVICE DOGS TO
MILITARY VETERANS.
>> YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE FIRST
SPOKE WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER THAT
ONE OF HIS BIG CONCERNS WERE
THAT TAKING A DOG AWAY FROM
ANOTHER VETERAN.
THE THING THAT WE HAD ALL
ARRANGED PRIOR TO SULLY EVEN
GOING TO YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS
THAT SULLY WOULD CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH VETERANS FOREVER.
AND THAT HE WOULD SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE AND THE JOY THAT
SULLY AND THE SERVICE DOG CAN
GIVE TO A VETERAN.
AND THAT’S LIKE REALLY A GIFT
THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER GAVE TO
EVERYONE.
>> SULLY NOW WORKS AS A FACILITY
DOG AT WALTER REED NATIONAL
MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER SHARING
HIS LOVE AND DEVOTION WITH MANY
VETERANS.
BUT IN BETWEEN JOBS, HE STOPPED
BY FOR A SPECIAL MOMENT.
>> WITH NO FURNLG ADIEU, SULLY,
COME.
>> SULLY FINALLY MET HIS
NAMESAKE, CAPTAIN SULLY, THE
PILOT BEHIND THE MIRACLE ON THE
HUDSON.
>> GOOD BOY.
>> AND HAD HAD A LONG AWAITED
REUNION WITH MY GIRLS, MILA AND
POPPY.
>> THEY WERE THRILLED THEY COULD
ONCE AGAIN REUNITE WITH SULLY
OVER ZOOM.
>> HI, SULLY.
I WANT TO HUG YOU.
>> I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
>> HE ABSOLUTELY REMEMBERS.
>> WHY DON’T WE GET HIM?
>> YOU SEE THE DOGGY?
>> YEAH.
>> I LOVE YOU, SULLY!
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> DON’T DO THAT TO US, JENNA.
>> I KNOW, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
SULLY HAS DONE OTHER ZOOMS.
THE THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST ZOOM.
>> OF COURSE.
>> HE ZOOMED WITH SOME VETERANS
TO SAY -- NOW HE CAN’T BE IN THE
HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
>> YEAH.
>> AND SOW HAS DONE FACE TIMES
AND MILA AND POPPY SAID DO YOU
NO HE OTHER KIDS?
AND HE WORKS A LOT WITH THE KIDS
OF VETERANS WHO ARE WAITING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES IN WALTER REED.
AND VALERIE MICE NICELY SAID
THAT POPPY AND MILA TRAINED HIM
WELL.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR
INSTAGRAM.
YOU POSTED A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 12
YEARS AGO.
IT WAS YOU AND YOUR SISTER AND
SASHA AND MALIA OBAMA.
>> YEAH.
THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY.
EXACTLY.
>> WOW.
>> SOMEBODY PUT THAT ONLINE.
I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
>> DID YOU GIVE THEM A TOUR?
>> YEAH, SO MY MOM TALKED WITH
MRS. OBAMA AND SAID WHY DON’T
YOU BRING THE GIRLS?
SHE REMEMBERED WHAT IT WAS LIKE,
WE WERE A LITTLE OLDER.
BUT BEING NERVOUS AND MOVING
INTO THIS BIG HOUSE AND SAID
BRING YOUR GIRLS AND MY GIRLS
WILL COME AND SHOW THEM AROUND.
SO THEY -- MRS. OBAMA DROVE HER
GIRLS OVER AND I DROVE FROM
BALTIMORE.
BARBARA CAME FROM NEW YORK.
AND WE SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH
THEM.
WE TAUGHT THEM ALL OF THE LITTLE
SECRETS THAT LITTLE GIRLS LOVE
ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> TELL THEM WHERE THE CANDY
STASH?
>> WE SHOWED THEM THE FLORIST
SHOP, WE SHOWED THEM HOW TO
SLIDE DOWN THE BANISTERS.
AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY
BEAUTIFUL DAY BECAUSE BARBARA
AND I SAW OURSELVES IN THOSE
LITTLE GIRLS.
WE WERE THE SAME AGE THAT THEY
WERE WHEN MY GRANDPA BECAME
PRESIDENT.
AND SO TO SEE THEIR WONDER AT
THIS HISTORIC HOUSE AND ALSO
THEIR NERVOUSNESS, WE JUST
RELATED WITH THEM SO MUCH.
>> ALSO SUCH A STARK CONTRAST TO
WHERE WE’RE AT AS FAR AS
POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF POWER.
REFRESHING TO SEE THE DAYS WHEN
YOU WERE SO KIND TO THEM.
>> THEY WERE SO AWESOME.
>> AWESOME.
>> WE’LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE